Bodies pile up in Chinese hospital hallways after strict Covid lockdown eased

'Numbers don't tell the whole story', expert says as bodies in flooded hospital corridors died - while only two virus-related deaths were reported Monday by authorities

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China: Shocking Images Show Bodies in Hospitals

Bodies have been seen piling up in hospitals and crematoria in China after the country recently eased its extreme coronavirus lockdown policy.

Some experts have claimed that the government may be covering up the entire history of Covid-related deaths in the country.

Only two deaths from the virus were reported by Chinese authorities on Monday - but footage appears to show hospital corridors awash with corpses on stretchers and patients crammed into wards.

As Beijing grapples with the latest outbreak, reports from overburdened hospitals and crematoriums suggest the true toll is not reflected in the numbers.

Official case numbers are widely considered unreliable following the end of mandatory mass testing.

A viral tweet shows hospitals full of patients (

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A viral tweet from epidemiologist Dr Eric Feigl-Ding shows a hospital ward "completely overwhelmed" with sick patients, who also claims that up to 10% of the world's population will be infected in the next 90 days.

"Probable deaths in the millions - plural," the expert added.

Hoe Nam Leong, a Singapore-based infectious disease expert, argued that "the numbers don't tell the whole story", adding that he expects the true number of deaths to be much higher. high.

Mr. Leong added that some hospitals were too full to admit new patients, while health workers may be downplaying Covid as the cause of death.

He said: “Individuals can die from a heart attack due to the stress of infection. The main cause of death would be a heart attack, but the underlying cause is Covid.”